Eastleigh Works and coaches for ScotRail. The coaches are understood to be for Fife Circle duties, which will return to operation of two loco hauled diagrams. Those going north on Friday were 5945 + 6183 + 5965 + 5976 + 9521. The BSO was in DRS colours, and the remainder in the ScotRail scheme. Most of these were recently in Riviera traffic. 68009 and the coaches worked forward to Kingmoor on Saturday. onetwothreefourfivesixseveneightnineteneleventwelve thirteenfourteen

These are 4 wheel car, 8 axle set, IPA single deck articulated car carriers belonging to STVA, (Laadffoos), and the last seen here was 23.87.4384.042-9. The build appears to be by ZNK Albert in Romania.

70014 with 4O51 05:27 Leeds to Maritime via Birmingham and Laverstock - having used ECML for some recent weeks. Not sure when this will revert to standard route through Eastleigh.

Sunday, 22 March 2015

The TTA wagons, which I took the picture of recently, were rather intriguing since they looked modern enough yet the frames were riveted, and looked rather "older". That in the picture is ESSO 56038.

Looking into the history of these wagons, finds that 282 wagons were built, as TTVs, the first 200 by Pickering in 1964 (or 1965), so are 50 years old. In the 1980s the suspension was rebuilt, and conversion was made to TTA with air brakes.

14:39 - 59002 ALAN J DAY was waiting at the Sun Arch for 66075 to move on, with late running 12:47 7V16 Fareham - Merehead, and in turn arrived at the next red signal. This locomotive has now been in traffic for 29 years.

JNA-A open box wagon NACO 3900 on the rear of 7V07. The first of its type, designed and built by Marcroft Engineering in 2000.

Monday 2nd March: 57008 + 47828 6Z71 05:43 Willesden Brent - Eastleigh onetwothreefour (47828 was stored while awaiting repair of a coolant leak, the reason for movement to Eastleigh is not known, it could be for fixing, another possibility is for stripping), 57008 0Z68 12:34 Eastleigh - Willesden Brent

Railway between Leamington Spa and Banbury to reopen three weeks ahead of schedule

On Friday 13th March, complete with the usual complement of canned quotes.........A spokesperson for Freightliner said: “Freightliner looks forward to being able to recommence services after the landslip caused substantial disruption to freight services to the midlands, north east and north west.”